The buildbots issue is important for testing on Ubuntu and all platforms. https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame/issue/154/set-up-more-build-bots
The travisci one is not working because the github mirror is not being updated. Travisci has mac support, but they are at capacity. Running different versions of OSX in a virtual machine might work for now. Installing via pip is another important issue. The python packaging system has changed a lot over the years, and a review of what we're doing is in order. There are a number of good suggestions in the issue. https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame/issue/59/pygame-has-no-pypi-page-and-cant-be